1
as in to collect
to bring together in one body or place
amassed a truckload of donations in the course of their canned food drive
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2
as in to accumulate
to gradually form into a layer, pile, or mass
over the last month a huge mound of paperwork has amassed on my desk
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Recent Examples of amass
Ronaldo has also amassed a global real estate portfolio and invested in a number of businesses in multiple countries, including Portugal and Spain.
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Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
The Nobel Prizes were established through the will of Alfred Nobel, who amassed a fortune from his invention of dynamite.
—USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Broward, however, has been no stranger to high-profile cases that amassed national and international attention.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Zappe has amassed 2,223 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and 14 interceptions during his time in the league.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Frank Nunns O'Connell, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
The Nobel Prizes were established through the will of Alfred Nobel, who amassed a fortune from his invention of dynamite.
—USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
Broward, however, has been no stranger to high-profile cases that amassed national and international attention.
—Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
Zappe has amassed 2,223 passing yards, 12 touchdowns and 14 interceptions during his time in the league.
—Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for amass
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The friends then began attempting to collect more evidence and information and document the encounters through photography (thanks to a psychology professor lending him a camera) and journal entries.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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The research team collected 138 needle samples from 23 spruce trees growing near the Kittilä gold mine in Northern Finland.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to accumulate at the road edges.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Rainwater tends to gather along the road edges.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
11 Oct. 2025
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CEOs and global leaders will gather for a dynamic, invitation-only event shaping the future of business.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
7 Oct. 2025
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The trailer shows Hemsworth’s Geralt assembling an army of adventurers to track down his former Witcher apprentice Ciri (Freya Allan).—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program is open to eligible participants from counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state to parts of metro Detroit, and has garnered tens of millions in public and private dollars as well as bipartisan interest from lawmakers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Robert Brooks’s murder never garnered the attention of the nation, as George Floyd’s had.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Amass.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amass. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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